okay, okay - missing in action again!

Well, here I am again after another lengthy hiatus from blogdom! Since my last post in JANUARY, not a whole heck of a lot has changed, other than the weather.

At the end of February I discovered Facebook, at the prompting of my daughter. Much to my surprise, the old people seem to be taking over Facebook! I was under the impression that it was just for the young folks, but my daughter assured me there were old people on it, too (-:

My 30 year high school reunion is this summer, so I've rediscovered many, many old friends and we also have a Facebook site dedicated to our reunion. I've been to several planning meetings and have also had a few pre-reunion reunions with girlfriends. It's funny to me that when you first see how your friends have changed you're taking note of all the changes. After hanging out for a weekend of fun and trips down memory lane they all look just like they did in high school.

We've had an absolutely fabulous spring this year, and it was just last week that I finally had to turn on the AC for the first time of the season. The grass is all green (and the weeds, still battling the weeds), the birds are singing all the time and building nests. They're going through the bird seed at a pretty steady clip.

The lillies I planted last year are coming up, and the amaryllis has already bloomed and is just gorgeous. I would love to be surrounded by flowers, 24-7, so I'm planting new things every year and seeing how they fare through the winter.



I can see out my window (door) that the moon is full...maybe I should go howl at it for good measure. I wonder what sort of craziness is going on in the world tonight because of that full moon....

I will make another attempt at getting back to my blogging...no promises...but I will try harder!

Love and hugs to all the moms out there for Mother's Day tomorrow!

And the new year rang in with only four...

A more quiet level of doggie-dom here at the zoo. Marley and Grace went home with Stephanie yesterday. Steph had her tonsils out on Monday the 22nd (after she got back from Jamaica) and has been recovering here at home. Jordan headed to Boston to spend Christmas with his mom, so the house has been full of doggies.

Scooby had to return to his pack at Dobie rescue - had a little incident here that convinced Judy (Dobie Rescue creator) he'd need to stay with her pack of 'incorrigibles'. He snapped at Steph and planted a not so nice nip on Jordan's leg. I was very surprised since he was such a big baby with me and never offered up the least little bit of aggression. Such is the life of rescue dobies - unknown, mostly unfortunate upbringings lead to unpredictable behavior.

So Scooby went back to Judy's place and we now have Jo-Jo staying with us. Her mother was a red doberman who was rescued just a short time before delivering some puppies of unknown paternal lineage - born on March 18, 2008. She was oh, so shy and timid when she first arrived, spending the first night camped at the front door (no doubt in hopes of Judy returning to fetch her). Judy said she's the only one of the litter with such a timid personality. Well that's changed since she arrived. She and Marley became fast friends and picked up where Scooby left off for the wrestling matches and furniture moving.



Since Marley went home Myrtle has decided that Jo-Jo is an acceptable playmate, they have become buddies and spend quite a bit of time playing and chasing each other around the backyard (weather has been wonderful - mid 70's during the day). Cody gets in on the action sometimes, but his deep growl (just play) still seems to intimidate Jo-Jo a bit so things come to a halt when he contributes to play time.

After Steph packed up and left for the apartment, I had a house clean, laundry day and attempted to replace the elements in my water heater (only enough hot water to fill half a tub!). Still working on the element replacment - lower one must have had a leak because it was very corroded and doesn't want to come out. I doused it with WD-40 several times before bed last night, so I'll be heading out to finish that up shortly. I spent New Year's Eve watching movies and relaxing with the critters, and was sound asleep when the clock struck midnight and 2009 was upon us.

Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope 2009 is a wonderful year for all!